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cnbc's steve sedgwick live for us there. what happened yesterday, my friend? >> it was quite incredible. as sue was talking there, the magnitude of these moves was stunning. the s&p, which is a broad brush index of the united states, reversed directions six times. the dow was down within half an hour after the fed announcement. and then, rallied 600 points off its low. the s&p at one stage, was in bare market territory, having growing 400%, in its april high. you are in bear market territory. as far as the markets are concerned today, they're quite calm. they opened up and stayed up. we haven't seen the huge reversals of fortune. the nikkei, that was up 1% today. i'm looking at the big european markets. london is steady, up at 1.5%. the german market, up 2.5%. and the 600-point range we saw yesterday, they're down just 19 points. all very calm. albeit for the moment. back to you. >> we'll take calm for now. steve sedgwick, live for us in london. >>> senate majority leader, harry reid, revealing his choices for the debt supercommittee, the group charged with cu
cnbc's steve sedgwick live for us there. what happened yesterday, my friend? >> it was quite incredible. as sue was talking there, the magnitude of these moves was stunning. the s&p, which is a broad brush index of the united states, reversed directions six times. the dow was down within half an hour after the fed announcement. and then, rallied 600 points off its low. the s&p at one stage, was in bare market territory, having growing 400%, in its april high. you are in bear...
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. >> let me bring in steve forbes who is editor and chief of "forbes", and good to see you, steve. are you seeing assurance in the numbers or what are you making to the markets? >> after falling 1,130 points in the last three trading days it is nice to see recapture 186 points from the loss. the key thing from washington, you will have to see a big change of policy either on the stop the weak dollar policy or a serious effort to fundamentally simplify the tax code and one of those two initiatives would be good for the markets, but i don't see that happening quite yet. >> let's talk about what is good for the markets and the economy overall, because there is a couple themes i have heard over and over as i watched the pundits over the last 24 hours, steve. calling congress back and you heard john say that one high level democrat thought that would be highly productive, and the second is that the president should come forward with a specific plan whether it is what you have suggested or something to really start to move the economy. does he have that kind of power? >> well, unfortunat
. >> let me bring in steve forbes who is editor and chief of "forbes", and good to see you, steve. are you seeing assurance in the numbers or what are you making to the markets? >> after falling 1,130 points in the last three trading days it is nice to see recapture 186 points from the loss. the key thing from washington, you will have to see a big change of policy either on the stop the weak dollar policy or a serious effort to fundamentally simplify the tax code and one...
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congressman steve israel who backed the deal, and congressman barney frank who voted nay. plus politics aside. what this deal did to the economy. wow. the dow fell 265 points today. it was down for the eighth day in a row. a first rough reaction. not a good one at what congress did. president obama says the deal will make things stronger, but if you want to know what happens when you cut government spending during tough times, take a look way back to 1937 during the new deal. we know how that story ends. and the mittness protection program. mitt romney, the republican front ronnor, the guy who says he can run a business and fix the economy, but he's been awfully quiet on the debt issue. call him a debt dodger. finally, let me finish with mugger and the victim who got away this time. let's begin with what the tea party will do next time around. nbc political analyst david corn. and ron reagan is a political commentator. i want the gut reaction of both of you guy. how does your gut feel after you saw the senate vote down with a three quarters vote today after this whole thin
congressman steve israel who backed the deal, and congressman barney frank who voted nay. plus politics aside. what this deal did to the economy. wow. the dow fell 265 points today. it was down for the eighth day in a row. a first rough reaction. not a good one at what congress did. president obama says the deal will make things stronger, but if you want to know what happens when you cut government spending during tough times, take a look way back to 1937 during the new deal. we know how that...
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so joining me now is steve kornacki, news editor for "salon." thank you for being here tonight. >> happy to be here. >> what do you think, i was in new jersey, living in new jersey, when chris christie challenged a sitting governor, challenged john korzine and won part of this straight talking, i can do something that no one else has done in a blue state like new jersey. what are we to make of chris christie as a potential candidate, is this real? >> i don't think it is. the reason it gets attention is because there really is a tremendous opening on the republican side right now, and there has been all year, and there's nobody to fill it. the hope of the republican establishment was rick perry's the guy. well, rick perry's the guy who's going to communicate with the republican base, but not in a way that scares off swing voters, obviously, what they've seen in the first four days 1 that may not be the case, i spent time in new jersey. there are a couple of factors really keeping him out, one is family. two is a simple reality that this guy spent
so joining me now is steve kornacki, news editor for "salon." thank you for being here tonight. >> happy to be here. >> what do you think, i was in new jersey, living in new jersey, when chris christie challenged a sitting governor, challenged john korzine and won part of this straight talking, i can do something that no one else has done in a blue state like new jersey. what are we to make of chris christie as a potential candidate, is this real? >> i don't think it...
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so, steve's right. it's a very misguided look at things. >> what has to be kicked what has toe be sold to have the aa to invest in? >> as far as we can fell, there's no mechanical or forced selling as a result of this downgrade. what seems to be happening, is that some of the lesser credits, the higher yield bonds, the junk bonds of corporations, they seem to be taking a hit as people are selling that and going into, guess where, u.s. treasuries. >> gentlemen, thanks so much. good to see you this morning, steve liesman and jared burnstein. >>> both sides of the aisle are talking about who deserves the blame for this downgrade. take a listen. >> i believe this is, without question, the tea party downgrade. this is the tea party downgrade because a minority of people in the house of representatives countered even the will of many republicans in the united states senate. >> both political parties are responsible for the mess we have right now. this is not a republican or democrat only problem. this is both
so, steve's right. it's a very misguided look at things. >> what has to be kicked what has toe be sold to have the aa to invest in? >> as far as we can fell, there's no mechanical or forced selling as a result of this downgrade. what seems to be happening, is that some of the lesser credits, the higher yield bonds, the junk bonds of corporations, they seem to be taking a hit as people are selling that and going into, guess where, u.s. treasuries. >> gentlemen, thanks so much....
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although steve king was there he had nice things to say about another candidate. >> yeah. asked about his predictions for the straw poll he said ron paul has been overlooked for the press citing that he's been in iowa campaigning for more than four years and has a grassroots organization that's so important for events like a straw poll to get people there to vote. he said ron paul would be the candidate others would measure themselves against. >> interesting. give me a read on how confidence the pawlenty campaign is now. what's the tener of things behind the scenes? >> ron paul has a lot of grassroots organization. but the pawlenty campaign has a lot going on behind the scenes. sarah huckabee sanders helped her dad win the caucuses last time around, is running their iowa operations. they feel they have organization unlike any other candidate to get people to vote, and show what they call forward progress. >> nbc's andrew rafferty in des moines. thank you. we'll check in with the bachmann campaign. jay any novogrod's report next hour. >>> up next, new reaction to the credit
although steve king was there he had nice things to say about another candidate. >> yeah. asked about his predictions for the straw poll he said ron paul has been overlooked for the press citing that he's been in iowa campaigning for more than four years and has a grassroots organization that's so important for events like a straw poll to get people there to vote. he said ron paul would be the candidate others would measure themselves against. >> interesting. give me a read on how...
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the cowboys marched down the field, steve mcgee to duane harris. dallas down. mcgee scrambled and found martin rubbingr in the end zone. what a finish, only the preseason. cowboys won it 24-23. that's your look at sports. jonathan back to you. >> fred roggin, thank you so much. coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," iowa's ames straw poll is just a day away, the candidates have their final word. now how will the voters respond? we'll talk to an all-star panel in just a few minutes. >>> and when we come back here, we'll gather around the water cooler to reveal the must-see moments from last night's debate. "way too early" will be right back. chronologically i'm sixty years old. is it the new forty, i don't know. i probably feel about thirty. how is it that we don't act our age? [ marcie ] you keep us young. [ kurt ] we were having too much fun we weren't thinking about a will at that time. we have responsibilities to the kids and ourselves. we're the vargos and we created our wills on legalzoom. finally. [ laughter ] [ shapiro ] we created legalzoom
the cowboys marched down the field, steve mcgee to duane harris. dallas down. mcgee scrambled and found martin rubbingr in the end zone. what a finish, only the preseason. cowboys won it 24-23. that's your look at sports. jonathan back to you. >> fred roggin, thank you so much. coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," iowa's ames straw poll is just a day away, the candidates have their final word. now how will the voters respond? we'll talk to an all-star panel in just...
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first up, leave it 20 steve co-beco co-bear to put a citizen on the downgrade. watch as he prepare for the consequences. >> folks it is nothing to worry about. on wall street, cooler heads always prevail. >> you can see the dow jones industrial down almost 300 points. >> we down more than 4 hrn. >> the dow is now down 500 points. >> down nearly 600 points. >> it's down 631 points. wall street spending in another day what's described as freak-out mode. >> don't panic! everything's fine. i'm just -- i'm just down here looking for my emergency hobo satchel. >> okay. now, remember, folks, just remember, oh -- just remember -- over the long term stocks always increase in value. okay? this is just a temporary correction. okay? there is no need to lose confidence in the system. okay. and, yes, yes, perhaps -- perhaps we're experiencing a wee bit of a contraction here, but do not pull your money out of the stock market just yet. >> like finding the captain of a ship li hiding in a lifeboat. >>> it might make chris christie reconsider. written a poem to entice certain no
first up, leave it 20 steve co-beco co-bear to put a citizen on the downgrade. watch as he prepare for the consequences. >> folks it is nothing to worry about. on wall street, cooler heads always prevail. >> you can see the dow jones industrial down almost 300 points. >> we down more than 4 hrn. >> the dow is now down 500 points. >> down nearly 600 points. >> it's down 631 points. wall street spending in another day what's described as freak-out mode....
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steve? >> listen -- >> jobs? >> it's jobs, it's the economy. the question on election day, whether people feel like thing are getting better or whether people feel like -- same thing we're getting worse. it's going to be a very hard day that day. >> i think they look at the back story and the future is the future. you have kids, wives, children to raise. a lot of people got retirement living to get through. you need certain things. who's your best bet for president? enlightened self-interest. vote for, let say, romney. the guy from texas. rick perry? >> elections are about two things. referendum on the future and on the incumbent. >> talk about the future. >> you don't get to do that. >> why is your guy better than obama? >> when running for re-election it's a referendum on the track record whoever's running. >> pretend i'm asking the question. what does your crowd offer for the future to solve our economic problem? what does your crowd offer for the future? >> less government spending. more emphasis on private sector growth, more emphasis thro
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steve benen is the man to be credited with this proposal, we'll be talking about this with steve in a moment. but the idea is this, it's genius, right now we are at risk of a double-dip recession, things going on globally in the economy are really, really hurting us. there's both an urgent, urgent need to create jobs quickly, to put jumper cables on the dead battery of the economy, and republicans are saying they will not let that happen. they don't want government action to stimulate the economy. nothing government can do to create jobs, so here's the pitch. have the white house take the several hundred letters republican lawmakers have sent to the executive branch from 2009 asking for investments to create jobs and let president obama announce he'll gladly fund all the republicans' request that have not been filled. michele bachmann, we know you say you hate the stimulus, we know you hate the idea of government doing anything like the stimulus act to create jobs, but remember when you wrote to the transportation department back in 2009 asking for stimulus money to help the city of s
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and now steve jobs' buy lodgele ka father is speaking out about the adoption of steve jobs. >> well, his biological father is an 80-year-old syrian owner of a casino, and he had a baby with joanne simpson, then girlfriend, and her father did not approve of the wedding, because he was syrian, and unknown to steve jobs' biological father, she gave the baby up for adoption. >> and then they ended up together, because her father died shortly thereafter, and if they had held on for a few months steve jobs' last name would be jindali right now. >> and this is interesting, because steve jobs said he has never met his son and his pride would not call him, because he does not want steve jobs to think he wants his money. >> well, he wants to reach out to him especially hearing about the health problems, but he does not want him to feel like he is taking advantage of him with the syrian pride, so he is hoping that steve jobs reaches out to him, and he would like to have coffee with him and meet him. >> that is an incredible story. and now something far lighter. "dancing with the stars" have ann
and now steve jobs' buy lodgele ka father is speaking out about the adoption of steve jobs. >> well, his biological father is an 80-year-old syrian owner of a casino, and he had a baby with joanne simpson, then girlfriend, and her father did not approve of the wedding, because he was syrian, and unknown to steve jobs' biological father, she gave the baby up for adoption. >> and then they ended up together, because her father died shortly thereafter, and if they had held on for a few...
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steve? >> he's over here dusting off his pitch fork, his head is in new hampshire. >> i don't have cross overstrength. >> you never tried. >> "the washington post." asked americans if the federal government is focused on the right things on the wrong things. 71% said the government is focused on the wrong things. when asked who's to blame on the focus for the wrong things, the blame, everybody takes it, 30% say the president and the president. 32% say the republicans. 32% say the most. this is a rotten move right now. this is august. there's nothing that the politicians can do from now to labor day to fix things. it gets nastier between now and labor day. >> nobody won here, everybody lost. there's another number in "the washington post" poll which i don't know if you reported but it was 17% re-elect for your own member of congress. people say congress shouldn't be re-elected but their own congressman should be. 17% for their own congressman is a new low and a new record. >> you and i watche
steve? >> he's over here dusting off his pitch fork, his head is in new hampshire. >> i don't have cross overstrength. >> you never tried. >> "the washington post." asked americans if the federal government is focused on the right things on the wrong things. 71% said the government is focused on the wrong things. when asked who's to blame on the focus for the wrong things, the blame, everybody takes it, 30% say the president and the president. 32% say the...
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this spot looked impossible only a few years ago, all but written off and heading into oblivion before steve jobs returned about 15 years ago. >>> call it a grass roots battle against a very big bank. a washington woman at risk of losesing everything hoped the financial giant would back off on attempts to take her home and business. vera johnson collected 10,000 signatures as part of the effort and she joins me now from seattle. hello, very a. >> i understand you turned in the signatures to the bank just on tuesday, what was their reaction? what did they say? >> i think they were actually kind of visibly shaken by it. i did not actually meet with the same person this time. they did tell me last week that i would have one point of contact. but i think they were visibly shaken. there was a cam remarks i did try to take a picture of that exchange but they asked us to turn the camera off. >> and give us some sense of what your situation is, because i understand all of this really couldn't come at a worst time for you. >> well, i started trying to get a loan modification 18 months ago, ten months
this spot looked impossible only a few years ago, all but written off and heading into oblivion before steve jobs returned about 15 years ago. >>> call it a grass roots battle against a very big bank. a washington woman at risk of losesing everything hoped the financial giant would back off on attempts to take her home and business. vera johnson collected 10,000 signatures as part of the effort and she joins me now from seattle. hello, very a. >> i understand you turned in the...
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steve? >> pat is here dusting off his pitch fork. he is heading it new hampshire. >> i don't have cross overstrength, chris. >> you never tried. >> asking the federal government is focused on the right or wrong things. 71% said the government is focused on the wrong things. when asked who is to blame for the focus on the wrong things, everyone takes it. 30% say the president and democrats. 31% say republicans. 32% say both. this is trash both houses poll. this country is in a rotten mood right now. this is august. there is nothing that politicians can do from now to labor day it fix things. i say it gets nastier between now and labor day. >> i think you're right. and the politicians in washington have begun to figure out this nobody won here. everybody lost. there is another number in the poll, which i don't know if you reported, but a 17% re-elect. for your own member of congress and off then times people say congress shouldn't be re-elected but their own congress should be. this number, 17% for their own congressmen in a washington
steve? >> pat is here dusting off his pitch fork. he is heading it new hampshire. >> i don't have cross overstrength, chris. >> you never tried. >> asking the federal government is focused on the right or wrong things. 71% said the government is focused on the wrong things. when asked who is to blame for the focus on the wrong things, everyone takes it. 30% say the president and democrats. 31% say republicans. 32% say both. this is trash both houses poll. this country is...
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i see it against abortion rights, see it for steve colbert, for demonstrations for everything except jobs. where is labor? you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. >>> well, we've gone the rep members of is the super committee, such as that list is. what a bad list. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell has named jon kyl, he won't cut a nickel on defense. pat toomey won't raise a nickel in taxes on the rich. you watch. he won't raise a nickel. so two guys that won't raise taxes, and one guys that won't cut defense. that's 1 for 3 for mitch mcconnell. judge boehner named jeb hensarlinger, they're probably all hope his nancy pelosi has yet to name her three picks. we'll be right back. democrats came out bruised and beaten. they needed to win three to take control of the wisconsin state senate. a big defeat to big labor. i mentioned that before. also a reminder of just show reply wisconsin is. joining me are two experts, john nichols, and jonathan from talking point memo. you're reading -- john, first. >> sure. it was a tough night, because people had raised expectations so high. i
i see it against abortion rights, see it for steve colbert, for demonstrations for everything except jobs. where is labor? you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. >>> well, we've gone the rep members of is the super committee, such as that list is. what a bad list. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell has named jon kyl, he won't cut a nickel on defense. pat toomey won't raise a nickel in taxes on the rich. you watch. he won't raise a nickel. so two guys that won't...
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thank you steve mcmahon, thank you david brody. you were hiding on me, you know what weird means. >>> let's finish with big questions in the war of afghanistan and why we are fighting there. thank you for calling esurance. man, we give out so many car insurance discounts. safe driver discount, homeowner's discount... multi-car discount. i wish we could get discounts everywhere. body like a greek god discount at the gym. best moves discount at the disco. you guys are so funny. really? best actress discount. uncalled for discount. whatever discount. [ female announcer ] tons of discounts. see for yourself at esurance. technology when you want it. people when you don't. >>> let me finish tonight with this war in afghanistan, the president went to dover air force base today to pay his respects to the 30 american service members killed when their helicopter was shot down this weekend in afghanistan. i think we need to ask a basic question about our mission over there, what is it? if it's to fight the taliban, that leads to two other que
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i see it against abortion rights, see it for steve colbert, for demonstrations for everything except jobs. where is labor? you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. lenges right now. two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large part of that is oil sands. this resource has the ability to create hundreds of thousands of jobs. at our kearl project in canada, we'll be able to produce these oil sands with the same emissions as many other oils and that's a huge breakthrough. that's good for our country's energy security and our economy. >>> well, we've gone the rep members of is the super committee, such as that list is. what a bad list. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell has named jon kyl, he won't cut a nickel on defense. pat toomey won't raise a nickel in taxes on the rich. you watch. he won't raise a nickel. so two guys that won't raise taxes, and one guys that won't cut defense. that's 1 for 3 for mitch mcconnell. judge boehner named jeb hensarlinger, they're probably all hope
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thank you steve mcmahon, thank you david brody. you were hiding on me, you know what weird means. >>> let's finish with big questions in the war of afghanistan and why we are fighting there. the padillas. ben and his family live here, too. ben's a re/max agent, and he's a big part of this community. there are lots of reasons why re/max agents average more sales than other agents. experience, certainly. but maybe it's also because they care about the markets they serve and the neighbors who rely on them. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. visit remax.com today. my son and i never missed opening day. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function, starting within 5 minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better, and that means... game on! symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than twice a da
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joining me now, washington editor at large for the atlantic steve clemons, steve, thanks for joining me tonight. >> great to be with you, chris. >> so you look at where the u.s. has engaged and intervened and where they haven't, we are definitely not going to get into a shooting war with north korea no matter what kim jong-il does, he has a bomb. we did intervene in iraq and support nato intervention in libya. is the sort of perverse lesson not to give up your nuclear weapons? >> of course, it is. moammar gadhafi gave up his nuclear weapons as part of his own strategy to create a different kind of security for himself, which would embed himself and his family and his future with the west and try to behave a bit more, but now with the invasion, it sent a signal. in fact, on the day that president obama authorized intervention and we had our first nato strike there, north korea came out and basically told him he was a sucker, essentially, for having given up his nuclear weapons. and now the other problem, chris, is the bar for nations getting in the nuclear weapons track, technology ha
joining me now, washington editor at large for the atlantic steve clemons, steve, thanks for joining me tonight. >> great to be with you, chris. >> so you look at where the u.s. has engaged and intervened and where they haven't, we are definitely not going to get into a shooting war with north korea no matter what kim jong-il does, he has a bomb. we did intervene in iraq and support nato intervention in libya. is the sort of perverse lesson not to give up your nuclear weapons?...
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that's what ohio congressman steve shepherd did. security guards confiscated cameras and even asked people to leave. to leave one of the town hall meetings this week. i think it is disingenerous to build your whole movement, saying you are speaking for the people, the people that are locked out of washington. you are going to stop the beltway mentality. you are going to washington to make washington listen to the people on the ground. the grass roots. and then once they send you to washington, you don't even want to come back and talk to the people. how are you speaking for people you won't speak to? how are you any different than the beltway people you told them that they were going to challenge? it seems to me, you like to talk to each other in washington and not talk to the people whose anger and rage you exploited to send you to washington. you like town hall meetings, when it was anti-washington. now they send you to washington, you're anti-town hall meeting. they call that hypocritical where i come from. joining me now, alex w
that's what ohio congressman steve shepherd did. security guards confiscated cameras and even asked people to leave. to leave one of the town hall meetings this week. i think it is disingenerous to build your whole movement, saying you are speaking for the people, the people that are locked out of washington. you are going to stop the beltway mentality. you are going to washington to make washington listen to the people on the ground. the grass roots. and then once they send you to washington,...
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i see it against abortion rights, see it for steve colbert, for demonstrations for everything except jobs. where is labor? you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. is a "what if." what if we designed an electric motorcycle? what if we turned trash into surfboards? whatever your what if is, the new sprint biz 360 has custom solutions to make it happen, including mobile payment processing, instant hot spots, and 4g devices like the motorola photon. so let's all keep asking the big what ifs. sprint business specialists can help you find the answers. sprint. america's favorite 4g network. trouble hearing on the phone? visit sprintrelay.com. s. >>> well, we've gone the rep members of is the super committee, such as that list is. what a bad list. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell has named jon kyl, he won't cut a nickel on defense. pat toomey won't raise a nickel in taxes on the rich. you watch. so two guys that won't raise taxes, and one guys that won't cut defense. that's 1 for 3 for mitch mcconnell. judge boehner named jeb hensarlinger, they're probably all hope his nancy pelos
i see it against abortion rights, see it for steve colbert, for demonstrations for everything except jobs. where is labor? you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. is a "what if." what if we designed an electric motorcycle? what if we turned trash into surfboards? whatever your what if is, the new sprint biz 360 has custom solutions to make it happen, including mobile payment processing, instant hot spots, and 4g devices like the motorola photon. so let's all keep asking...
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with me now democratic strategist steve mcman and republican strategist terry holt. ter roy, what do you think so far about the rick perry kick off particularly karl rove even a fellow texan, even though there's not been love loss between the perry and bush camps in texas. karl rove said on fox that it was not presidential the shot he took at bernanke saying that printing money is treasonous, and that it could get ugly for the fed chair if he came down to texas. is that the way texans talk? >> he sure brought a lot of spark and vigor to the campaign in just these few short days. that's kind of what the republican field needs. it needs somebody to challenge it, to upset the status quo. if you're mitt romney, you've got to be worried about rick perry because he brings that big state success story that's so important to the narrative. he also brings an ability to raise a ton of money, that's what it's going to take to beat barack obama. if you're michele bachmann you've got to be looking in the rear view mirror, too. he brings that passion and enthusiasm that the right
with me now democratic strategist steve mcman and republican strategist terry holt. ter roy, what do you think so far about the rick perry kick off particularly karl rove even a fellow texan, even though there's not been love loss between the perry and bush camps in texas. karl rove said on fox that it was not presidential the shot he took at bernanke saying that printing money is treasonous, and that it could get ugly for the fed chair if he came down to texas. is that the way texans talk?...
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. >> here is the man to do it, steve pearlsteen, one of the smartest writers today. he said what started as a reasonable attempt at political reabout rebalancing turned into a jihad against all regulation, all taxes and all government waged by right wing zel ots that want to privatize schools that educate worksers, cut back on basic research on which products are based, shut down regulatory agency foes from skrupless competitors and tore them. thisust attacking a government, this is the holy war and one that's out of your control. i agree. all of my live life i have been surrounded by republicans and dt democrats that don't like taxes. not many people do. this guy, rick perry, is out there selling it like religion. >> exactly. this is new. you saw the debate last night where all of the republican candidates and this is before perry got in, but i'm sure he would have been -- >> there he is. there's the picture. all with their hands up, like, yeah. >> they wouldn't accept a 10-1 deal budget cuts to new revenue. that, and i've never heard of such a thing and it's hard t
. >> here is the man to do it, steve pearlsteen, one of the smartest writers today. he said what started as a reasonable attempt at political reabout rebalancing turned into a jihad against all regulation, all taxes and all government waged by right wing zel ots that want to privatize schools that educate worksers, cut back on basic research on which products are based, shut down regulatory agency foes from skrupless competitors and tore them. thisust attacking a government, this is the...
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as my colleague steve israel says. it's a done deal and it's time for us to move on. it's the basis on which we are going to proceed and we have to get on with it. we've got to go to the table. do the best we can. in a balanced bipartisan way to create jobs, reduce the deficit and pick up into the future. just talking about how we got here and our complaints about this bill don't get me started. but that's not -- >> let me get you started a little bit. was a president a bad negotiator. did he give away too much? >> i don't think so. i think the president was great. but again what is the point of talking about what the finished. on anything that happens around here anyone one of us could have done it better. we could have written it better, whatever it is. the fact is the president wanted a balanced bipartisan agreement. >> but he didn't get a balance. there's no taxes in it. >> that's right. nobody knows that better than i, perhaps some do. i fully appreciate that. but again, this is about how we go to the next step. jobs, jobs. jobs. we get sort of it's a cottage ind
as my colleague steve israel says. it's a done deal and it's time for us to move on. it's the basis on which we are going to proceed and we have to get on with it. we've got to go to the table. do the best we can. in a balanced bipartisan way to create jobs, reduce the deficit and pick up into the future. just talking about how we got here and our complaints about this bill don't get me started. but that's not -- >> let me get you started a little bit. was a president a bad negotiator....
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. >> here's columnist steve pearlstein, he wrote this letter to corporate ceos, what started as a reasonable attempt at political rebalances turned into a jihad against all regulation, all taxes, and all government waged by right-wing zealots who want to privatize public schools, cut back on basic research in which your products are based, shut down regulatory agencies, and, of course, privatize the public infrastructure that supports your supplies and finished goods for them. this isn't a tactic to brush back government, it's a holy war to destroy it and one that's now out of your control. i agree. all my life have been surrounded by rms and democrats that don't like taxes, few people do. but this guy, rick perry, is out there selling it like religion. >> exactly, this is new. you saw the debate last night where all the republican candidates, and this is before perry got in, but i'm sure he would have been there too. >> there's the picture. >> all raised their hands. they wouldn't accept a ten to one deal, budget cuts to new revenue. i've never heard of such a thing and it's hard to imagine
. >> here's columnist steve pearlstein, he wrote this letter to corporate ceos, what started as a reasonable attempt at political rebalances turned into a jihad against all regulation, all taxes, and all government waged by right-wing zealots who want to privatize public schools, cut back on basic research in which your products are based, shut down regulatory agencies, and, of course, privatize the public infrastructure that supports your supplies and finished goods for them. this isn't...
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course of reporting was that for several years on her website, she recommended a book by an author named steve wilkins. wilkins is a civil war revisionist historian and in the book, has some really inflammatory outrageous things to say about slavery, essentially defending slavery as an institution that was built on, in his words, mutual respect i believe is the phrase. this is a biography of robert lee that she recommended her constituents must read. at that point, they didn't respond to questions about that so she's yet to be asked why she recommended a book that is objectively pro-slavery. that will be an issue she has to deal with in the coming days and weeks. >> it's a great piece. thank you so much. >>> just hours after the ames straw poll results get in, michele bachmann will be david gregory's guest on a special edition of "meet the press" live from iowa. check your local listings for times. >>> and a big vote of no confidence in the new "washington post" poll. huge majorities, in fact, most americans now are giving up hope that most government officials can come to the rescue. nearly 8
course of reporting was that for several years on her website, she recommended a book by an author named steve wilkins. wilkins is a civil war revisionist historian and in the book, has some really inflammatory outrageous things to say about slavery, essentially defending slavery as an institution that was built on, in his words, mutual respect i believe is the phrase. this is a biography of robert lee that she recommended her constituents must read. at that point, they didn't respond to...
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many people say it is outrageous and could invite comparisons like steve correl's character in "40-year-old virgin" or the "curb your enthusiasm" actor. and some are accusingis is ese saying it is queen of rage. and this afternoon bachmann's campaign said, we are focused on speaking to the people in iowa in straw poll. e news from the 2012 campaign trail, you can follow martin show on bashirlive on twitter or facebook/bashir. and so does michele bachmann have a new preacher problem? you will want to hear this. ♪ sweet talking woman ♪ you have me searching naturals from purina cat chow. delicious, real ingredients with no artificial flavors or preservatives. naturals from purina cat chow. share a better life. photo center prints and... two htc sensations from t-mobile. hey dad! hey son! i'm at study hall. that's great, you make me so proud. thanks dad. [ clatter, scream ] what's that? nothing... [ man ] game on! ♪ i gotta go! was that a chicken? [ male announcer ] get everything you need for back to college, like the latest smartphones with video chat starting at $48.88. save money. li
many people say it is outrageous and could invite comparisons like steve correl's character in "40-year-old virgin" or the "curb your enthusiasm" actor. and some are accusingis is ese saying it is queen of rage. and this afternoon bachmann's campaign said, we are focused on speaking to the people in iowa in straw poll. e news from the 2012 campaign trail, you can follow martin show on bashirlive on twitter or facebook/bashir. and so does michele bachmann have a new preacher...
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steve, is huntsman saying things that could resinate with voters, even republican voters, or is this just a desperate candidate who's trying to claw his way out of single digits here in the polls? >> i think it's more of the second. the strategy the huntsman people are following, the road map they think they are following is what john mccain did when he ran for president the first time in 2000. he skipped iowa, he went to new hampshire, had everything on the record bull sessions with reporters and broke through in new hampshire and for a few weeks was the biggest thing in the political world. i think there was a lot mccain had going for himself personally that huntsman lacks, his war story and everything, but the big issue is nowhere near where it was in 2000. jon huntsman sort of advertises himself there as a center right candidate. this is not a center right party, this is the party that nominated sharon engle, christine o'donnell, joe miller, people like that for the united states senate last year, willingly lost seats because it's so dedicated to purity right now. he's got a shot
steve, is huntsman saying things that could resinate with voters, even republican voters, or is this just a desperate candidate who's trying to claw his way out of single digits here in the polls? >> i think it's more of the second. the strategy the huntsman people are following, the road map they think they are following is what john mccain did when he ran for president the first time in 2000. he skipped iowa, he went to new hampshire, had everything on the record bull sessions with...
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. >> and at the same time steve wiseman, we've had so much gridlock. and already concerns about the economic appointments late yesterday. patty murray the she is the incoming budget chair. what everyone is focussing on is he's the head of the democratic congressional senate campaign committee is in charge of candidates of protecting democratic incumbents and raising money for them. that was the controversy there. and of course, john kerry who wanted very much we understand to be on this committee and the finance chairman max bacchus. it's as john was pointing out, it's not really up to this committee. >> it's more up to the leadership. they'll be the surrogates on the committee. there are three things i think that need to be watched. first, is defense cuts versus revenues. i think the fact that the second round of cuts that were culled for by the default deal were cutting so deep in defense is going to confront republicans with choices that they might not want to make between you do you cut defense or increase revenues. there's another little noticed f
. >> and at the same time steve wiseman, we've had so much gridlock. and already concerns about the economic appointments late yesterday. patty murray the she is the incoming budget chair. what everyone is focussing on is he's the head of the democratic congressional senate campaign committee is in charge of candidates of protecting democratic incumbents and raising money for them. that was the controversy there. and of course, john kerry who wanted very much we understand to be on this...
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forbes style vote because i'm rich, you can be rich too. >> steve forbes did so well, though. president forbes, no. i think that only takes you so far, but that is an odd phrasing, isn't, inadequate to his needs as if of course we all need more than a 3,000 square foot sea front mansion, we all need more than that. >> how do you think that a line like that -- you're from orangeburg, south carolina, how is the full thurston going to play in south carolina? if this is deliberate and this isn't just sort of gaffe -- a multiplied gaffe now compounded by the campaign, if they are really doing this, can you imagine, he's going to have to deal with the south carolina electorate sooner rather than later. >> he is, i don't think it will play particularly well in south carolina and he has to deal with that electorate. he's not going to win iowa, he's going to perhaps win new hampshire, then you get to south carolina which has a record of choosing the eventual nominee, he does well there, and the heavily republican sort of rock-ribbed parts of the state, they don't have even 3,000 square
forbes style vote because i'm rich, you can be rich too. >> steve forbes did so well, though. president forbes, no. i think that only takes you so far, but that is an odd phrasing, isn't, inadequate to his needs as if of course we all need more than a 3,000 square foot sea front mansion, we all need more than that. >> how do you think that a line like that -- you're from orangeburg, south carolina, how is the full thurston going to play in south carolina? if this is deliberate and...
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let's bring in steve mcmahon. strategist, of course, democratic, and todd harris. you know these people. i get the sense when rick perry came in this weekend, it's sort of, the cake was baked. these other four people we kept talking about, haley, christie, not asked to come in. it's pure karl rove. he doesn't like rick perry and is sort of settling scores here? >> it's true they don't like each other. pretty public down in texas, but there has been a fair amount of buzz over the last couple of weeks whether it's just gossip, rumors, wishing, longing. there has been a fair amount of buzz among rank and file republicans wondering, is ryan going to take another look? is chris christie? >> i don't want to waste time here. >> no. to the larger question. before i get -- is this team, this three-wear option of bachmann, rick perry and romney, does that tilt just tooç far right to position your party for the general? >> no, i don't think so. >> you disagree with rove? >> no. karl didn't say that. what karl said was, look, anytime you're in a primary you don't want to go
let's bring in steve mcmahon. strategist, of course, democratic, and todd harris. you know these people. i get the sense when rick perry came in this weekend, it's sort of, the cake was baked. these other four people we kept talking about, haley, christie, not asked to come in. it's pure karl rove. he doesn't like rick perry and is sort of settling scores here? >> it's true they don't like each other. pretty public down in texas, but there has been a fair amount of buzz over the last...
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you were talking about the steve jobs' story. that stock was trading down about 2.5% on the jobs' news, but it obliterates that news and puts the focus on financials in the market. we'll watch apple stock as well which was trading lower on that news but could turn positive with the rest of it. this b of a story really in focus today. back to you. >> the power of the oracle of omaha. >> there you go, you're right. >>> hurricane irene is now battering the bahamas as a major category 3 storm when will it hit the east coast? the we'll have the latest on irene's path and what you should do to prepare, next. >>> plus, in an exclusive interview with nbc news, former vice president dick cheney jumps back into the waterboarding controversy and explains why he kept a secret resignation letter in his office throughout the bush years. >>> and don't forget, the nbc/politico republican debate at the reagan library is coming up, wednesday, september 7th, at 8:00 eastern, it's right here on msnbc, the place for politics. ♪ the story of the hur
you were talking about the steve jobs' story. that stock was trading down about 2.5% on the jobs' news, but it obliterates that news and puts the focus on financials in the market. we'll watch apple stock as well which was trading lower on that news but could turn positive with the rest of it. this b of a story really in focus today. back to you. >> the power of the oracle of omaha. >> there you go, you're right. >>> hurricane irene is now battering the bahamas as a major...
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chair steve israel said on "hardball". >>> you had a group of people, 87 tea party people who continued to go too far who woud out of negotiation every several days. >> so as we look forward to jobs and those issues, were tea party supportive candidates as democrats described them and what does that mean going forward? >> first of all, it's absurd. let's look at facts. if the democrats were serious about controlling spending and moving the economy forward, they would have put on plan something on paper. they never did that. the president didn't do it. the democrats in the house didn't do it. they didn't do it in the senate. so this argument, in my opinion, is absurd on its face. because if they really had any ideas that they wanted to move forward they would have put them on paper and let it be scored by the cbo. what they did is give speeches and rhetoric and talk about things else sew takerly. and i think the biggest objection when it really comes down to it, it's very, very simple. they want washington as usual, politics as usual. and the conservatives have said enough of that. it do
chair steve israel said on "hardball". >>> you had a group of people, 87 tea party people who continued to go too far who woud out of negotiation every several days. >> so as we look forward to jobs and those issues, were tea party supportive candidates as democrats described them and what does that mean going forward? >> first of all, it's absurd. let's look at facts. if the democrats were serious about controlling spending and moving the economy forward, they...
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that is iowa congressman steve king. he is not running. he's there because he is a congressman from iowa. we are wait for ex-minnesota governor tim pawlenty to begin his straw poll speech. that should begin in about five minutes. this is potentially a pivotal day for him. he has poured loads of cash into his straw poll and it's important for him. >> the ames straw poll, it's going to have a lot to say about who the candidates are who are going to be going forward as the president of the united states. and we need you to come by even for an hour or less. >> andrew rafferty is the nbc news campaign embed with the pawlenty campaign who is joining me now, as you can see, from ames. tell me a little bit about his ames operation and his strategy. >> yeah, well, in moments you're going to see a sea of green shirts. they're standing off to my left right now. they're going to come into this coliseum for when governor pawlenty speaks. i was walking in with them. they were chanting his name. it was a level of buzz that i have not seen at any other ca
that is iowa congressman steve king. he is not running. he's there because he is a congressman from iowa. we are wait for ex-minnesota governor tim pawlenty to begin his straw poll speech. that should begin in about five minutes. this is potentially a pivotal day for him. he has poured loads of cash into his straw poll and it's important for him. >> the ames straw poll, it's going to have a lot to say about who the candidates are who are going to be going forward as the president of the...